Links to Other Useful Web Pages

US Government sites
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (US CIS)
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (US ICE)
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for tax forms
United States State Department - information on visas, embassies, consulates, etc.
US State Department Bureau of Consular Affairs for information on traveling to other countries
The Library of Congress

Non-US Government sites
The Electronic Embassy is "a resource of and for the Washington DC foreign embassy community"
Project Visa has information on embassies in Washington DC and in other countries
United Nations

Some UMBC web sites that may be useful
Undergraduate Admissions
Graduate Admissions
African Students Association
Chinese Student and Scholar Association
   - (useful information for new students, written by UMBC students from P.R. China)
Chinese Student Association
Indian  Student's Association
    - (information specifically for new students from India, but most of it is useful to any new student)
Kartik Gurumurthy's "Things to do after getting financial aid"
    - (useful information for new students from India, written by an Indian student at UMBC)

Local Interest - Baltimore and Washington, DC
Baltimore Collegetown Network for colleges and universities in the Baltimore metropolitan area
Baltimore City Home Page - the official home page for Baltimore
Baltimore.org - a page about tourism in Baltimore
Baltimore's Inner Harbor Visitor's Guide - a page of attractions, events and entertainment in Baltimore's Inner Harbor
The Smithsonian Institution has many famous museums in Washington DC

Miscellaneous sites of interest
Currency conversion - change your rubles or yen or renminbi into dollars, virtually
Measurements conversion - changes fahrenheit to centigrade, feet into meters
Mapquest.com - map program
MSN Maps & Directions - another map program